Friday, June 11, 2010

Couch to 5K, Week Three: Noticing Improvement

note: I think I need an pic/icon of Wonder Woman Running. OR, my dream icon would be the commercial trailer when Wonder Girl runs w/ Wonder Woman, and you see the two sets of red boots running in the street...that's one of my first Wonder Woman memories...

I started Week 3 in the middle of May. Week 3 consists of (after 5-min warm-up) jogging for 90 seconds, walk 90 seconds; jog three minutes, walk three minutes; repeat twice. I should have posted this closer to the runs, as I don't recall my exact feelings. I do remember coming in from one of the first of these intervals, and being shaky and out of sorts. Sweeetie came over, brught me water, took electronics away from me and helped to the floor to stretch. As I got my sorts back, he said "well, no wonder; your pace went up by almost a mile." In week 2, my fastest pace was 3.5 mph. Now, I was hitting 4-4.5 in some spots. Well, that is an improvement!

I repeated Week 3 twice, and one more day for good measure. It took me awhile to get comfortable running the three minutes straight. Quite a few times I did get into a "zone," and I felt like a "runner!"